With spending between $625 million and $650 million every year, the Kansas City area trails only San Antonio. Miami, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Seattle, Nashville, Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Birmingham, Ala., make up the rest of the top ten.

A survey released by Visa said Midwesterners in general have the nation's highest spending average for fireworks.

Relatives of the three people killed in last year's shootings at the Overland Park Jewish Community Center and a nearby nursing home have a plan to remember their loved ones with random acts of kindness.